རྒྱ་གར

Sikkimese

Etymology

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Proper noun

རྒྱ་གར (rgya gar)

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

References

  • Norden Tshering; Pema Rinzin Takchungdarpo (2001), ལྙོ་དབྱིན་ ཤན་སྦྱར་གྱི་ ཆིག་མཇོ་ད།། [Lho dbyin shan sbyar gyi chig mjo da., Bhutia-English Dictionary]‎[1] (overall work in English and Sikkimese), Gangtok, Sikkim: Kwality Stores, page 42

Tibetan

FWOTD – 15 February 2015

Etymology

From རྒྱ (rgya, “extent, size; vastness; empire”) + གར (gar) (variant of དཀར (dkar, “white”)), literally “white expanse, white empire”. So named perhaps because its ancient inhabitants wore white clothing. Not related to གར (gar, “dancing”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

རྒྱ་གར • (rgya gar)

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

References

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